The Strange Situation

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What was the aim of the Strange Situation?
To observe key attachment behaviour
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Who was observed?
100 middle-class American babies
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What percentage of British babies are Secure?
60 - 75%
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What percentage of British babies are Insecure-Avoidant?
20-25%
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What percentage of British babies are Insecure-Resistant?
3%
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How did Main support Ainsworth?
Recreated with 18 m/os. 100% of secure and 75% of avoidants had stayed the same
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How did Ward increase the validity of Ainsworth's observation?
Found that Resistants were associated with mental health (real life application)
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How did Kokkinos increase the validity of Ainsworth's observation?
Found that Resistants were associated with bad behaviour
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What did Takahashi do to contradict Ainsworth?
Claimed that the Strange Situation is a culture-bound test as Japanese mothers and babies are rarely separated and reunite much faster
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Who said that genetically inherited temperaments are more important than attachment, for behaviour?
Kagan
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What did Main and Soloman suggest?
Some humans have atypical (disorganised) attachment
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What did Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonberg do (about culture variation)?
Found the variations in attachment between 8 countries (32 studies) of 1900 children
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What did Simonella do (about culture variation)?
Recreated ** in Italy and found that 50% were secure and 36% were avoidant
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What did Jin do (about culture variation)?
Observed that Japanese and Korean parents had similar rearing styles
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How did Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonberg contradict the Strange Situation?
They found 150% more variation WITHIN countries than between countries
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Who said that many cultures see anxiety as dependence?
Grossman and Grossman
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